A Titmouse

4/27/12-Nicholas

   We have always seen titmice at our house and this is a picture of a so-called titmouse.  I think titmice are funny, small, and cute.  The picture is not all that great, but the bird is on the right side of the bird feeder.  

White-Winged Doves, Finches, and Butterflies!

4/25/2012 - Nicholas

        Yesterday I saw a white-winged dove in our bird feeder area.  Last year we saw a lot of white-winged doves in our backyard.  This time, the white-winged dove was on the sidewalk in front of our bird feeder just walking and picking on some bits of mulch.  It was the first white-winged dove we saw this year.

                 We also have been seeing several finches at our new finch bird feeder for the first time.  We've had that bird feeder for a couple months but only now have the finches started to come. We'll try to get some pics of the finches and doves.

                This past couple of weeks we have been sighting monarch butterflies at our house.  We have lantanas and butterfly weeds planted to attract the beautiful butterflies to our home.  

This pic is from a website on monarch butterflies.

Barn Swallow in Ozona, TX

4/15/2012 - Nicholas and Wabbaloo

While traveling to Carlsbad, NM, we observed quite a few barn swallows at a rest stop just outside of Ozona, TX.  They were perched under a shade above a back door of the store there.

Been on a Trip!

4/15/12-Nicholas

   Sorry we haven't been posting, we've been in New Mexico!!!

Cardinals at the birdfeeder

4/6/12-Nicholas

   Just now I saw a male and female cardinal at our bird feeder feeding at the same time. Sadly I only got pictures of the female cardinal though, but that is still good.

                                                 

Attractive Bluebonnets

4/2/12-Nicholas

      These bluebonnets help attract birds and butterflies to our backyard.  These aren't the only flowers we use to attract birds and butterflies, but one of the prettiest!

                             

These bluebonnets were planted last year by me, Nicholas, right by our bird feeder.  Cardinals are often coming to our red-tips to the left of these bluebonnets.

Chipping Sparrow

3/25/2012 -- Wabbaloo


This one is a Chipping Sparrow -- finally was able to ID it once I could get online and do some research.  I thought at first this one was the "baby" with the possible "parent" Oriole from the last post, but it appears not to be.  I think.